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M. GAIR. SKIRT SUPPORTER.

No. 581,709 n Patented May 4, 1897 NiTnn STaTns PATENT @Trina MARIEGAIR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,709, dated May 4,1897. Application filed January 25, 1897. Serial No. 620,648. lNomodel.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE GAIR, of New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Skirt-Supporters; and I hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improvement in skirtsupporters, and is adapted tobe worn around the waistto support dress-skirts in such manner as toobviate the annoyance of the same sagging or getting out of properposition. I am aware that devices designed for this purpose have beenemployed, but those now in use are not only troublesome but do notperfectly effect the object for which they are designed. This invention,therefore, not only overcomes the defects of the supporters now in use,but, moreover, serves additional functions, as will be more fullyhereinafter set forth.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, such as will be pointed out in the description and summarized inthe claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedskirt-supporter, showing the skirt supported therefrom. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of the skirt-band with hooks or catchesattached. perspective view of the supporter. Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional view of the supporter, showing the skirt in position. Fig. 5is a detail perspective of one of the hooks or catches. Fig. 6 is asection on line a, Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A designates the belt, which maybe formed of any suitable resilient material. I, however, preferspring-steel. IVhen in use, it maybe covered, if desired, with a leatherbelt, silk or satin ribbon belt, or any style of belt desired. The beltis provided with a lug B, riveted or otherwise secured at one endthereof, which is adapted to engage with any one of the series ofkey-slots C, centrally formed at the opposite end thereof, as shown inthe drawings, for the purpose of adapting the belt to the girth of thewearer. The belt is also pro- Fig. 3 is aA vided at its center with arecess or cut-out portion D, about one-fifth its width in depth andwhich may extend in length about three inches, more or less. The objectof this recess is not only to lighten the weight of the belt, but alsoto serve as a restriction to the movements of the sliding hooks orcatches E E, which when secured to the garment serve to prevent it fromturning or becoming disarranged.

F represents a slide or keeper which is loosely fitted on the belt A andis adapted to be slipped over the overlapping end of the belt to holdthe same in proper position.

E E represent catches or hooks, which are firmly sewed on the band of askirt in the center of the back about an inch and onehalf apart, so asto register with recess D of the belt, one catch being on either side ofthe uni ting ends of the skirt-band. These catches or hooks are bent, asshown, for the purpose of allowing the curved sides E E thereof to faceoutwardly for the purpose explained.

The manner of using the supporter is as follows: The belt-supporter ispassed under the catches E E and fastened in front by the meanshereinbefore described, after which the leather belt or any other styleof belt desired is placed over the supporter, thereby making it and thecatches invisible.

I-Iaving therefore described my invention and pointed out thedistinctive features thereof, what I therefore claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent thereon, is-

l. A skirt-supporting belt having a recess or cut-out portion centrallyformed at its upper edge and means for uniting the two ends of the beltthereof, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a skirt-supporting belt, having a recess orcut-out portion centrally formed at its upper edge and provided with alug or catch at one end, and a serios of keyhole-slots at its oppositeend; with a slide or keeper for holding the belt in position, and hooksor catches sewed to the gar- 9 ment whereby it vis not only supportedbut prevented from becoming disarranged, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture the belt A, having lug B, andkeyhole-slots C, the re- IOO my own I affix my signature in presence ofcess or ont-out portion D adapted to receive two Witnesses.

catches E E, seWecl to the band of a skirt, and the slide o1 keeper Ffor keeping the overlapping ends of j[he belt in a firm position, MARIEGAIR all substantially as and for the purpose de- In presence ofscribed. I. EDWARD CAMPE,

MAX COHEN.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as

